A/RES/76/128. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2021

• Resolution Number: A/RES/76/128
• Session: 76th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /76/ 128

General Assembly

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Seventy -sixth sess ion

Agen da item 75 (a)

Strength ening of the coordinati on of humani tarian and

disast er relief assi stance of the United Nati ons, includi ng

specia l economic a ssistance: st rengthening o f the

coordi nation of em ergency human itarian ass istance of th e

United Nations

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 10 December 2021

[witho ut reference to a Mai n Commit tee (A/7 6/L.27 and A/76/L. 27/Add.1 )]

76/128. International cooperation on humanitarian assis tance in the field

of natural d isasters, from relief to development

The General Assembly ,

Reaffirm ing its res olution 46 /182 of 19 Decemb er 1 991, the annex to whi ch

cont ains the gui ding prin ciples for th e strengt hening of th e coordin ation of em ergency

huma nitarian assista nce of the United N ations sy stem, as well as al l its reso lutions o n

inter nationa l cooper ation o n human itarian assista nce in the fiel d of na tural di sasters,

from relief to de velopme nt, and recal ling th e resol utions of the human itarian affairs

segm ents of the sess ions of the Eco nomic a nd Socia l Counci l,

Reaf firming also t he prin ciples of h umanity, neutr ality, im partiali ty and

inde pendenc e for th e provis ion of h umanitar ian ass istance,

Reca llin g t he Send ai Decl aration

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and the S endai Fr amework for Disaster Risk

Redu ction 2015–2 030,

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a dopted by the Th ird United Nation s World Confe rence on

Disa ster Ris k Reduc tion, he ld in Se ndai, Ja pan, fro m 14 to 18 Mar ch 2015,

Reco gniz ing that the Sendai Fram ework applies to the risk o f sma ll-sca le an d

large -scale, freq uent and infreq uent, su dden an d slow -onset disa sters ca used by

natu ral or m an-mad e h azards, as well as rel ated environ mental, tec hnologi cal and

biol ogical h azards a nd risks ,

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1

Resolut ion 69 /283, annex I .

2

Ibid., a nnex I I.

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International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in

the field of natural disasters, from relief to development

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2/17

Noti ng wit h conc ern t hat sl ow-onse t disa sters such a s drou ghts a re on the rise

in m any pl aces an d can have si gnifican t impa cts on affected popula tions a nd lead to

incr eased vu lnerabil ity to o ther haz ards,

Reco gniz ing the G lobal Pla tform for Disaster Risk Red uction a s the main forum

at t he glob al leve l for st rategic advice coord ination and par tnershi p devel opment for

disa ster risk reduct ion, and recogn izing al so the c ontribut ion of the rele vant reg ional

and subregio nal plat forms,

Reaffirm ing t he Paris Agr eement

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and its early entr y into forc e, and enc ouragin g

all the par ties to the Ag reement to fu lly imp lement the Agre ement a nd par ties to the

Unit ed Nation s Framew ork Conv ention on Climate Change

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that h ave not ye t done so

to d eposit their in strumen ts of r atificat ion, ac ceptance , appro val or accessi on, whe re

appr opriate, as soo n as pos sible,

High ligh ting the synergi es betw een the impleme ntation of the 2 030 Agen da for

Sust ainable De velopme nt

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and the Pa ris A greemen t, and noting with conce rn the

findi ngs c ontained in the Sp ecial Rep ort on Globa l Warmi ng of 1.5 °C o f the

Inte rgovernm ental Pa nel on Climate Change,

Noti ng with app reciatio n the hosti ng by the G overnme nt of the Un ited King dom

of Great Britain and N orthern Irelan d of the tw enty- sixth s ession of the Confe rence

of t he Par ties to the Un ited N ations Framewo rk Con vention on Climate Change , the

sixte enth sess ion of the Co nferenc e of the Parti es servin g as the Meet ing of the Pa rties

to the Ky oto Pr otocol and th e third sessi on of the C onferenc e of the Pa rties serving

as th e Meetin g of the Parties to the P aris Agree ment, in Glasg ow, from 3 1 Octob er to

13 N ovember 2021,

Welcomi ng the hold ing of th e 2 019 Climate Action Sum mit convene d by the

Secr etary-Ge neral on 23 Sept ember, and t aking note o f the multi -part ner in itiative s

and commitm ents pre sented d uring th e Summ it,

Noti ng with apprec iation the ho sting by the Govern ment of Switz erland of th e

sixth session of the Globa l Platform f or Disast er Risk Red uction, h eld in Gene va from

13 to 17 May 2019,

Taking note of its resolu tion 7 1/1 of 19 Se ptember 2016, in wh ich the Gener al

Asse mbly adop ted the New York Decla ration for Re fugees an d Migrants a nd the

anne xes ther eto,

Welcomi ng the c onvenin g of the in tergover nmental confe rence held o n 10 and

11 D ecember 2018 in Ma rrakech, Moro cco, an d reca lling that it adopt ed the Globa l

Comp act for Safe, Or derly and Re gular Migr ation, also k nown as the Mar rakech

Comp act on Migratio n,

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Expre ssing gr avest co ncerns about th e humani tarian i mpacts o f and ris ks posed

by the short- an d long-t erm effect s of the cor onaviru s disease (COVID -19) pan demic,

inclu ding on t he al ready signifi cant levels of humani tarian and develop ment needs

and suffe ring of people , in cluding tho se i n v ulnerabl e s ituation s an d co mmunit ies

affec ted b y natu ral d isasters , and ackno wledgin g the relat ed ch allenges for disast er

prep aredness , respon se and recovery efforts ,

Emph asiz ing the fundame ntally civili an c haracter of hum anitari an a ssistanc e,

reaff irming, in situatio ns in whic h military capacity a nd assets a re used as a l ast resor t

to su pport the impleme ntation o f humani tarian as sistance in the fie ld of nat ural

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See FCC C/CP/2 015/10 /Add.1 , deci sion 1 /CP.21, a nnex.

4

United Nation s, Treaty Serie s, vol . 1771, No. 30822.

5

Resolut ion 70 /1.

6

Resolut ion 73 /195, annex.